Thomas Bailey

Goalkeeper - Harrogate Town U20
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The Harrogate Town Post

10 Aug 2026
From our football correspondent Steady

Squad

Ronaldo Herrera gets the move he always wanted

Footballers are asked about their boyhood club so often that nobody listens to the answer. Ronaldo Herrera has just signed for Harrogate Town, and for once the answer mattered.

Transfer targets

Door shut on Luke Campbell

Harrogate Town asked and Nottingham Forest said no without discussing a figure. It is the least ambiguous answer in football and the one clubs most often come back to test.

Market

Thomas Bailey steps up from the Harrogate Town academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Thomas Bailey has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

One of our own: Matthew Price joins the Harrogate Town first team

Clubs spend fortunes looking for players and occasionally find one down the corridor. Matthew Price is that, and the reception he gets on his first appearance will be different in kind from the one any signing receives.

Market

Robert Green steps up from the Harrogate Town academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. Robert Green has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Market

James Davies steps up from the Harrogate Town academy

There is no fee, no unveiling and no agent on the steps. James Davies has been at this club since he was a boy and is now, formally, one of the first-team squad — which for a local readership beats any signing of any size.

Squad

Dani Ángel signs on for more

“Some decisions take a long time. This one took ten minutes, and most of that was finding a pen.” Dani Ángel and Harrogate Town agree another 4 years.

Squad

Tempers go at Harrogate Town

Dani Ángel was at the centre of it, and by the time it was pulled apart there were three or four others involved. Training grounds are small places and long seasons make them smaller.

Squad

7 new faces, and Harrogate Town are still learning each other

A squad rebuilt inside one window pays for it in a currency nobody budgets for. The football is not worse than the sum of the players; it is worse than the sum of the players who have played together before.

In brief